I spent some hours trying to figure out why my rsync
configuration would work with anonymous access, but when
I tried to add an auth users line it would not work.
I finally discovered that this error message:
> kermadec[67]% rsync -a -v vssadmin@backup::vssarchives/ ./
> Password:
> @ERROR: auth failed on module vssarchives
means that my secrets file was too readable.
A "chmod 600 /etc/rsyncd.secrets" fixed the problem.
Perhaps the error message could be more specific and/or
the "secrets file" entry in the man page could mention
"see strict modes", which I now only find because I know
what I am looking for.
Excellent piece of software though! I hope this criticism
is constructive.
Thanks,
Dee Jay
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| Dee Jay Randall, B.Sc. | Software Engineer | Founding Partner |
| M.Sc. Student, CS | Accrue Software | Circular Reasoning |
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.accrue.com | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
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